Sinkiang. 1924-36 Second Peking Printings 6c yellow-brown in mint n.h. block of six, very fine (S.G. £288+). (Image)

Szechuan. 1933-34 set of eight to $5 slate green & red, large part to full unmounted o.g. odd shortish perfs, otherwise fine. Chan SC4-11 (Image)

1878-83 Large Dragon. 1883-85 Large Dragon, thick paper, 2½mm spacing, clean cut perf 1ca green with variety two breaks to bottom frame, 3ca brown-red and rough perf 5ca chrome yellow, used cancelled by part Tientsin seals in black, fine. Chan 7-12 (Image)

1883 Large Dragon, thick paper, 2½mm spacing, clean cut perf 5ca chrome yellow, in irregular block of eight, from setting VI (clichés: 7, 24/ 15, 1, 9/ 21, 19, 14) with intact selvedge at right, cancelled by several Peking seals in blue and by small part of Shanghai Customs cds with clear year ‘85’ date, very fine. An exhibition worthy rare multiple. Chan 9 (Image)

1883 Large Dragon, thick paper, 2½mm spacing, clean cut perf, 3ca pale red, used, cancelled by near complete Customs Newchang cds for MAY 19 (No Year), few nibbled perfs otherwise fine (Chan 8a). (Image)

1894 Dowager. 1897 60th Birthday of the Dowager Empress 5ca yellow from the unissued second printing, a little toned, scarce. (Image)

1897 60th Birthday of the Dowager Empress, second printing, unissued 9ca light green, part o.g. fine and scarce (Chan 28s, $5'000). (Image)

1897 (May) Dowager Large Narrow Surcharges. 1897 60th Birthday of the Dowager Empress, third printing, large figures surcharge, narrow setting, 3ca pale chrome-yellow, vertical inter-panneau block of four showing ERROR SURCHARGE OMMITTED, full unmounted o.g. crease at top left, still an impressive and rare multiple. Chan 74b $5600+ (Image)

1897 Red Revenues. 1897 Red Revenue large figures surcharge type 19, 4 cents. on 3c deep red, left hand marginal block of four, large part o.g. few light tones, barely detracts, still a fine and impressive multiple of this iconic stamp. Chan 89 (Image)

1897 Red Revenue large figures surcharge type 19, 1 dollar. on 3c deep red, part o.g. patch of gum thinning, otherwise fine, a well centred example. Chan 90 $5000. (Image)

1940-43 Provincial Surcharges. 1941 China provincial surcharge Chekiang 8 on 8c sage-green, SG 620, very fine marginal block of four with imprint in top margin, mint n.h. very rare in this quality. (Image)

1942-44 Military post 8c. sage-green, lower marginal block of nine, the centre stamp showing variety right character inverted fresh mint, the lower two rows mint NH, a rare variety which occurred once per sheet and was corrected early in the course of printing. (Image)

1943 East Szechwan surcharge: 50c on 16c olive-brown, left marginal strip of three, with first and second stamp showing variety IMPERFORATE BETWEEN, unused without gum, still very fine and rare, less than ten pairs recorded (Chan 656f). (Image)

1948-49 Gold and Silver Yuan Issues. 1949 Chung Ming printing $100 on $50 dark blue, type II, lower right marginal block of four, with sheet number ‘O39’, fine unused, minor creasing, still a very rare multiple. £2000+ (Image)

Chinese Republic. 1912 'Republic of China' Shanghai overprint on 1c brown block of three used on piece showing variety OVERPRINT INVERTED, tied by Kihsien Sha bilingual cds, lower right stamp with trivial corner surface scuff mentioned for accuracy only, otherwise a fine and rare multiple. Chan D24a. (Image)

1923-33 Second Peking Printings 6c yellow-brown in mint n.h. top marginal block of eight with "CHINESE BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING" imprint and plate no.4, very fine (S.G. £504+). (Image)

1928 1c orange brown junk postal stationary cut-out used as stamp, tied by two Chinese cds on decorative red band cover, with arrival bs, very fine. (Image)

1939 Martyrs issue, Hong Kong Commercial Print, 1c yellow-orange on unwmkd paper, in block of eight (4x2) showing variety IMPERFORATE VERTICALLY, (yielding four pairs) large part o.g. an attractive multiple. (Image)

Revenues: 1913-1916 Five revenue documents three with stamps all tied by attractive red chops, plus two without stamps also showing decorative red chops, also very attractive Chinese Government bond, very fine

1930-36 Red Posts & Soviet Republic. 1932 Postage Due (redrawn) 1c brown unused with large margins, very fine and very rare; cert. Roman Scheibert (2023) (S.G. £10'000). (Image)

North China. Liberated Area North China Chin-Ki-Cha Border Area (Shansi-Chahar-Hopeh):1938 First print on brown paper, 5c. reddish brown, upper right corner block of four, unused without gum as issued, a fine and very rare multiple. Yang NC4. (Image)

Liberated Area North China Chin-Ki-Cha Border Area (Shansi-Chahar-Hopeh): 1947 Machine surcharge at Fuping: $500 on $20 pale green cancelled by parts of cds, centred to top, still a good example of this rare stamp. SG NC59; Yang NC67 (Image)

Amoy. ½c on 5c orange second surcharge type, top marginal horizontal pair, showing variety SURCHARGE DOUBLE, BLACK & RED, C.T.O by Amoy cds for DE 19, couple of shortish perfs to far right stamp, otherwise fine, scarce only one sheet of forty exists. (Image)

1937 China Mail Provisional 13f on 12f chestnut (6.5mm spacing) in mint n.h. block of four, very fine (S.G. £1’200+). (Image)

1952, Radio Gymnastic Michel n° 156/175 (*), (Y&T n° 933/942C), block of four without gum, geniune complete set. Very fine. Calves certificate. CV 2'000€.